Life and Style on Two Wheels

a double {bike} date in alberta, canada

May 12, 2011

This week’s bike date comes from ‘Miss Sarah’ in Alberta, Canada. She’s the voice behind the Girls and Bicycles blog, one of the first female authored bike blogs I came across when I started researching the possibility of cycling for everyday transportation. She’s been a huge inspiration to me and I’m thrilled to have her contribute to the bike date series…

What’s more fun than a bike date? A bike double date!

You know how dates are supposed to be when you dress up and go out with your special someone? Well, sometimes I like to do the opposite and it feels so relaxed and great to eat tons of delicious food in jeans and a t-shirt.

Our bike date pals were Dan and Leanne, both on Amsterdams.

We rode around Old Strathcona in Edmonton.

And locked up outside Dawaat, one of our regular southside haunts for Indian.

I suppose some may not consider it a date if your kid comes along. Dexter, however, is a wonderful dinner companion. He drinks mango lassi, eats heaps of chickpeas, and devours coconut naan by the fistful.

The pros to dinner by bike is that you get to ride alongside your friends and chat all the way home. Plus, pedaling around after a big meal is the perfect digestive activity!

I am in the habit of having lots of dates via bike with friends and with Don – they make me really happy.

Thanks, Sarah, Don, Dexter, Dan, and Leanne! If you want to see more of Miss Sarah’s adventures by bike, check out her wonderful site and, if you’ve not yet seen this, watch this video! One of my favorites from Miss Sarah’s past posts is this little video she and her friends made on cycling in Edmonton. It makes me happy every time I see it.